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... Obtaining Am- munition - List of Stores -- Beads - Iced Drinks - Market Prices - Fish - Kaffir Superstition - Our Boys CHAPTER VII . Howick A second Waggon - Castle Hotel - Waterfalls— Troubles with the Boys - And the Waggon - Repack ...
... Obtaining Am- munition - List of Stores -- Beads - Iced Drinks - Market Prices - Fish - Kaffir Superstition - Our Boys CHAPTER VII . Howick A second Waggon - Castle Hotel - Waterfalls— Troubles with the Boys - And the Waggon - Repack ...
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... Obtaining Am- munition - List of Stores -- Beads - Iced Drinks - Market Prices — Fish - Kaffir Superstition - Our Boys CHAPTER VII . Howick A second Waggon - Castle Hotel - Waterfalls- Troubles with the Boys - And the Waggon - Repack ...
... Obtaining Am- munition - List of Stores -- Beads - Iced Drinks - Market Prices — Fish - Kaffir Superstition - Our Boys CHAPTER VII . Howick A second Waggon - Castle Hotel - Waterfalls- Troubles with the Boys - And the Waggon - Repack ...
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... Obtain a Guide . CHAPTER XXI . A Dismal Valley - A Mud - hole - Rigging out - A Night Trek -Ware Kaffirs - The Dusselboom breaks - A Compul- Leydenburg - Waggon - makers - High sory Halt Prices - Speculators CHAPTER XXII . · 191 ...
... Obtain a Guide . CHAPTER XXI . A Dismal Valley - A Mud - hole - Rigging out - A Night Trek -Ware Kaffirs - The Dusselboom breaks - A Compul- Leydenburg - Waggon - makers - High sory Halt Prices - Speculators CHAPTER XXII . · 191 ...
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... obtain a refreshing sleep before the heat of another day began . On turning in I luckily did not neglect the precaution of sprinkling insect - powder over the sheets and bed - clothes , and smearing my hands , neck , feet , and face ...
... obtain a refreshing sleep before the heat of another day began . On turning in I luckily did not neglect the precaution of sprinkling insect - powder over the sheets and bed - clothes , and smearing my hands , neck , feet , and face ...
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... obtaining servants ; but they make up for it by innumerable small gatherings , which are productive of far more pleasure and amusement . Hardly a white man as an indoor servant is to be met with , and good servants are at a premium ...
... obtaining servants ; but they make up for it by innumerable small gatherings , which are productive of far more pleasure and amusement . Hardly a white man as an indoor servant is to be met with , and good servants are at a premium ...
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